Ladybug's Teacher Files!

Hey Little Miss Hypothesis fans! It's Kristen from Ladybug's Teacher Files and I am delighted to be visiting my sweet friend's blog today!!

I wanted to share a note-taking form our class has been using during Science lately--it's been very helpful for my newcomer English Language Learners.

We've just started our unit on ecosystems and have been taking notes on food chains, omnivores, carnivores, herbivores, food webs, producers, consumers, and decomposers. We've used some interactive websites as well as our textbooks to help us write the notes.

And...

These graphic organizers for each vocabulary word:

Students sketch out diagrams and illustrations for each term, then write the definition below. It's pretty basic, but it has been a wonderful visual for my students and has really helped them learn new vocabulary.

If you would like to grab these file, you can download it directly here. I hope it will be of use to others on this lovely blog!

Thanks Mrs. Coe for inviting me to stop by--I had a wonderful time!!